Roof covering element comprising plastic stalks

Abstract

A flatly shaped roof covering element (1) comprising a plurality of plastic stalks (2) being arranged approximately parallel adjacent to each other and one above the other, their upper end regions (21) being joined together by heat bonding, the stalks (2) having irregular lengths and being irregularly shaped at their free ends (22), and having a helical cross-section, wherein the roof covering element (1) comprises a layer of paper (3, 3') on both sides of the bonded upper region (21) of the stalks (2), the paper being bonded thereto, wherein the bonded upper region is not flat.

I claim: 
     
       1. A flatly shaped roof covering element comprising a plurality of plastic stalks being arranged approximately parallel adjacent to each other and one above the other, their upper end regions being joined together by heat bonding, the stalks having irregular lengths and being irregularly shaped at their free ends, and the stalks having a helical cross-section, characterized in that, the roof covering element comprises a layer of paper on both sides of the bonded upper region of the stalks, the paper being bonded thereto, wherein the bonded upper region is not flat. 
     
     
       2. A roof covering element as claimed in claim 1, wherein the stalks consist of hard PVC or shock-resistent hard PVC. 
     
     
       3. A roof covering element as claimed in claim 2, wherein the stalks have different color tones in the manner of natural reed-thatches. 
     
     
       4. A roof covering element as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bonded upper region has at least one hole therein. 
     
     
       5. A plastic stalk for the usage in a roof covering element as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that, the cross-section thereof generally has the shape of the numeral six with a first curved line extending from the uppermost point down to the downmost point, a straight line extending from the downmost point towards the uppermost point up to a point spaced apart from the uppermost point, and a second curved line extending from the upper point of the straight line towards the first curved line, the connecting points between the straight line and the first and second curved lines being angular.